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H. B. ODIORNE.

Sewing Machine Guide.

Patented May 8, 1855.

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1 HENRY B. :onronnn, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYL VANIA.

IMPROVEMENTINGUIDES ,FOR' HEMMING AND CORDING.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 12,5326, dated May 8,1855.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, HENRY B. omoimn, of the city of Philadelphia andStateof Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Apparatus for (JordingtheEdges of Textile Fabrics; and Ido hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

My invention consists in attachin 'g to any ordinary sewingmachine anapparatus which serves effectually to keep the cord in its place withinthe hem of the fabric while the latter is being operated upon by theneedle and thread, being so arranged that any knot in the cord or anyinequality in the edge of the fab-f ric will not impede the progress ofthe work.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to make and use myinvention, I will now pr0- ceed to describe its constructionandoperation. l r g t On reference to the drawings, Figure 1 is aperspective view of a portion of'a sewing-machine with my improvedapparatus attached. Fig. 2 is the samefshowing the fabric to be operatedupon as introduced. into its proper position. tion of my improvedapparatus with spring- Fig. 3-.is a detached view of a perguide removed.Fig. 4 is an. enlarged secl tional view, showing the manner in which thecord is retained within .the hem, and the action of the spring-guide inregulating thewidth of that hem. Figs. 1, 2, and 3 are double, and

, Fig. 4 four times, the full size.

The same letters of reference allude to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

i On reference to the drawings, A represents a portion of theframezworklor bed of a sew ing-machine; B, a standard on the same,

which serves as a guidefor the operating, spin- The latter has a'needle,E, of the desecured to the lower end, and is actuated from above by anyconvenient means.

Secured to the side of the standard 13 is the bracket 1), which has aprojection, d, at the bottom, forming what is technically termed theshoe. 7 the machine.

This rests upon the bed A of If found more convenient, the

shoe cl may besecured direct to the bed A, in-

one end, 9, of the retainer G, which is bent partially round, theotherend, h, terminating a short distance from the edge of the shoe. Theend h of the retainer G has a notch sufficiently large to admitabout'one-half of the cord H, as illustrated in the enlarged view, Fig.4, the point of the needle operating inside the retainer G, between thepoint h and the part 9, where it is secured to the shoe. Onto the top ofthe extreme end of this shoe is secured the spring-guide F, which ismade of steel or other suitableelastic substance.

The hole in the guide F, through which the screw kpasses into the shoe,is longitudinal,

so that the distance of the point of the guide placed in connection.with the apparatus, as

shown in Figs. 2 and 4. r The ,cord, passing in front of shoe (Z and ina line parallel with it, takes its place in the notch at the point it ofthe retainer G; and passes onward under the The edge other end, g, ofthe said retainer. of the fabric K passes under the retainer and overthe cord in such a manner that the hem,

previous to being operated upon by the needle, passes overthe point h oftheretainer G, and consequently eftectually incloses the cord placed inthe notch of that p0int,,the.width of the hem being regulated by thepoint of the spring-guide F. After being operatedupon by the needle andthread, the hem, with the cord stitched within its fold, passes underthe part 9 of the retainer G, and is further directed onward by anyconvenient feeding apparatus.

It will be observed that the notched end'h is a sufficient distance fromthe shoe to allow 1 the cord and the portion of the fabric turned overand forming the hem to pass easily, but

still sufficiently near to keep the said cord ef-' V which frequentlyoccurs when the cord is directed through a diagonal hole bored out ofthe solidmetal, as in Blodgets patent apparatus. Another advantageobtained by my im proved apparatus is the fact of the needle takingeffect close to the point where the cord is effectually retained in thehem, thereby insuring a greater uniformity in the work.

It will be seen that the retainer G serves the double purpose of keepingthe cord securely in its place within the hem before it is stitched, andof keeping the said hem down afterward.

The spring guide F, as before remarked, acts as a gage for the width ofthe hem, and consequently renders the process of directing the fabric tothe machine more easy and 'certain for the operator, while theelasticity of the guide F allows any obstruction in the fabric to pass.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let'- ters Patent, is'- The curvedretainer G, with its notched end h, in combination with the shoe (1, foreffectually keeping the cord in contact with the inside of the hem ofthe fabric while the said hem is being operated upon by the needle andthread of a sewingmachine.

H. B. ODIORNE. Vitnesses:

HENRY HOWSON, JOSEPH BOND, Jr.

